Nikole Beckwith

Nikole Beckwith in 2021

Nikole Beckwith is an American director, screenwriter, and playwright. Her writing credits include Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015), 3 Generations (2015), Impulse (2019), Together Together (2021), and 3 episodes of the television series The First Lady (2022).

Early life

Beckwith grew-up in Newburyport, Massachusetts.[1] From age 16, she attended the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts.[1] In 2004, she became the youngest recipient of The Johnson Award for excellence in and contributions to the arts in the Merrimack Valley. She authored a short book of poems, Rhymes With Blue, which was released in a limited run by Independent Submarine in 2001.[1]

In 2006, she moved to New York City, she was a three time Manhattan Monologue Slam champion,[2] and is an alumni of the Ensemble studio theatre.[3] playwright's group and The Striking Viking Story Pirates.[4]

Career

TV & Film

She wrote and directed the feature film of Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015),[1] about a young woman who is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years. It starred Saoirse Ronan and premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[5] The film was acquired by Lifetime and premiered on their TV channel on May 2, 2015.[6] Her screenplay Stockholm, Pennsylvania won a 2012 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.[7][8]

Beckwith wrote two episodes of the second season of the Youtube Original series Impulse (2019), and wrote and directed the film Together Together (2021),[9] about a young loner who becomes gestational surrogate for a man in his 40s. The film had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival.[10]

Other writing credits include the film 3 Generations (2015), and 3 episodes of the television series The First Lady (2022).[9]

Theater

She has written multiple plays. Her full-length plays include Everything Is Ours; Imagine My Sadness; Stockholm, Pennsylvania; and Untitled Matriarch Play (Or Seven Sisters).[11] Beckwith has also written many short plays, including How it Tastes, Have Your Cake, and Nice Place to Visit, which was commissioned by Old Vic New Voices.[12]

Music

Beckwith has performed live with a handful of bands and sings on Tiger Saw's 2005 record Sing!,[13] and Sam Rosen's 2006 release The Look South.[14]

Personal life

Beckwith splits her time between Massachusetts and Los Angeles.[15]

References

1. J.C. Lockwood. "Local actress Nikole Beckwith is back, briefly". eu.wickedlocal.com. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. "Nickole Beckwith, Manhattan Monologue Slam Champ". MMSlam at Youtube. November 21, 2006.
3. "Ensemble studio theatre - Members and Alumni". ensemblestudiotheatre.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
4. "Story Pirates Home". Story Pirates.
5. "2015 Sundance Film FEestival". sundance.org.
6. Kelley, Seth (26 March 2015). "Lifetime Acquires Sundance Fest Title 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania' Starring Saoirse Ronan".
7. Deadline Team (October 24, 2012). "Academy Announces Nicholl Fellowships". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
8. "Academy Nicholl Fellows 1986–present". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
9. "Nikole Beckwith writing Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
10. Yapp, Virginia (April 1, 2021). "Release Rundown". sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
11. "WRITING". home. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
12. "Writing". Nikole Beckwith. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
13. "Kimchee Records – Catalog – Tiger Saw – Sing!". kimcheerecords.com. 18 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-10-18.
14. "The Look South". classactrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
15. "ABOUT". home. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

External links

• Nikole Beckwith at IMDb